In this video, I discuss the best principles and practices in online discussion posts. I will summarize Bloom’s Taxonomy (as revised by David Krathwohl) as well as walk through applicable principles and best practices from Michelle Miller’s excellent book, “Minds Online.”…
Year: 2016
Manually Unlocking a Quiz for Another Attempt in Canvas
Say a student gets kicked out of a quiz in Canvas and they only had one attempt. What do you do? You can manually unlock that quiz for that specific student using the method below: 1. Click on the quiz…
Best Practices for Synchronous Online Discussions
Best Practices in Synchronous Virtual Classes In recent years, the increase in bandwidth and faster computer technology has created more opportunities for e-learning to include synchronous (at the same time) virtual classrooms. Some examples of Synchronous Virtual Learning: – Web…
Amazing Color Changing Card Trick – Why Student Focused Attention Matters
First watch this video all the way through: What did you miss? What are you missing? Our minds can not multi-task. Not really. We just move quickly between tasks and studies show that in the end it makes us less…
Screen Capturing Using Zoom Conferencing Software
Zoom is a new video conferencing software toll that we are starting to use here at the University of Kentucky. It’s super easy and works across almost every platform. While it is typically used for live video conferences, here is…